DateCreated Property

Description

Returns the date and time that the specified file was created. Read-only.

PowerBASIC Syntax

PROPERTY GET DateCreated () AS DOUBLE

Return Value

DOUBLE. The date and time of the file creation.

Example [PowerBASIC]

#INCLUDE "windows.inc"

#INCLUDE "scrrun.inc"

DIM fso AS IFileSystem

DIM pFile AS IFile

DIM dDateCreated AS DOUBLE

' Create an instance of the FileSystemObject

fso = NEWCOM "Scripting.FileSystemObject"

' Get a reference to the IFile interface

pFile = fso.GetFile(UCODE$("C:\MyFolder\MyFile.txt"))

' Get the date in which the file was created

dDateCreated = pFile.DateCreated

' Convert the date to a formated string

DIM d AS ASCIIZ * 64

DIM st AS SYSTEMTIME

VariantTimeToSystemTime dDateCreated, st

GetDateFormat %LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, %DATE_SHORTDATE, st, BYVAL %NULL, d, 64 d, 64

MSGBOX "Date: " & d

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